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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24891579, member: 26430&quot;]Yes, looking in ACSearch, now I see several of them (various different reverses, but mostly normal types besides size of flan). Sometimes the double-Ant. label is even used in the 6g range, but clearly the &gt;8g ones get people more excited.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a pretty beat up Probus with otherwise common types that hammered at 480 GBP in 2022 (around $700 USD after fees):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599043[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?lot=1168&amp;p=lot&amp;sid=6254" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?lot=1168&amp;p=lot&amp;sid=6254" rel="nofollow">ROMA E-103 1168 (24 NOV 2022)</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus BI Piedfort or Antoninianus Trial Strike(?). Cyzicus, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing Imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga facing, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising right hand; CM below, XXIS in exergue. RIC V.2 911. 8.46g, 27mm, 6h.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>...Extremely Rare.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>... Struck on an unusually large and heavy planchet of almost double the normal weight, this coin might have been intended as a presentation piece, or more likely was a trial strike from new dies.</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>That one&#039;s weight (8.46g) is effectively identical to original NAC specimen above (~8.45). (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1667160" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1667160" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s a 7.49</a> similar that last type.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if this could be normal statistical variation. There are tons of Probus Ants and they have a lot of variability in weight, so you&#039;d expect a few to be&nbsp; extra heavy by random variation. Though maybe not double. I&#039;d love to see a&nbsp; proper frequency distribution. (Or if once in a while there was some kind of overstrike?)</p><p><br /></p><p>(Reminds me of Doug Smith&#039;s 9.5g Constantius II Fallen Horseman. I&#039;ve got a 7.7g specimen and have seen a couple heavier, up to 8.1g -- also the max. found by RIC in museum collections. Or, occasionally, I&#039;ll see a 6.2-6.3g Philip I AR Antoninianus, almost 50% overweight on silver, like a 1.5X Ant.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way, somebody got a bargain on <a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/aquilanumismatics/browse?a=2993&amp;l=3376579" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/aquilanumismatics/browse?a=2993&amp;l=3376579" rel="nofollow">this 7.8g jumbo Probus</a>. Another, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1105901" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1105901" rel="nofollow">similar one at 7.70g</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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